The flu bug caught two St. Patrick-St. Vincent High girls soccer players this week, but that was nothing compared to the pain Las Lomas caused the Bruins on Wednesday.

With Gracie Quintos and Mia Passalacqua out with the flu and top offensive player Ryann Miguel playing defense, the Bruins couldn't get anything going on offense and lost 3-0 at home to the Knights in the first round of the North Coast Section Division II playoffs.

"When you're at this point of the season with two players out it's tough," St. Pat's head coach Javier Martinez said. "We had no offense. We tried to string together a couple passes but it seemed everytime we touched the ball we had to get rid of it and get rid of it fast. Constantly playing defense all night wears you out."

The No. 13-seeded Bruins (11-5-2) fell behind early when the No. 4 Knights (11-4-5) scored in the 12th minute on a shot from about 35 yards out by Lauren Bradley that went just above the reach of Bruins' goalkeeper Alexa Torres.

About 13 minutes later Las Lomas added to its lead when Haley Brown hit a head shot off a corner kick past Torres in the game's 25th minute to make the score 2-0.

The Knights completed their trifecta of goals in the first half when Sadie Maeda broke free downfield for a goal to put Las Lomas up 3-0. The lead was almost stretched to 4-0 just a few seconds later when a shot by Brown hit the crossbar.

"We just struggled to play our style of play," Miguel said. "At the half, our coach gave us some words of encouragement and I knew we had to put our best foot forward knowing it would be our last game."

In the second half, St. Pat's caught a glimmer of hope with a penalty kick by Miguel but it wasn't to be as the kick sailed high.

After that, it remained tough for the Bruins to get anything going in the second half as their first shot on goal didn't come until the 67th minute of the game. By then Torres had saved seven Las Lomas shots in the second half.

Emily Thompson did her best to try and create some offense in the game's last 10 minutes, but it wasn't to be and the Bruins saw their season end.

"We have a small school and have a small nucleus and what we did this season, repeating as champs and winning a playoff game was great," Martinez said. "I wanted them to compete and we did that with flying colors."

Miguel said the team proved a lot this season and despite the loss was pleased with how the team played.

"This season gave us a lot of confidence for next year," Miguel said. "We proved that we were a good team and didn't just win the league on luck. Hopefully we can come back next season stronger."